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and the air was thick with tension. Beyond the glass, the
    man turned to stare at them, and a slight smirk lifted his lips. Rough and masculine, his features
    held none of the carefully bred perfection of her people. It was almost shocking to see someone
    who wasn’t faultless. Even at rest, his cock was long and thick enough to please any woman.
    The edge of his firm upper lip lifted in a sneer filled with contempt. He said something in a
    dark and fluid language the computer had to translate for her to understand. “ Conversion from
    Jensian to Kyrimian: I’ll cut off your heads and shit down your throat. ”

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    Ann Mayburn

    The offensive insult made her heart stutter in her chest as shock instantly slicked her body
    in stinging sweat. He switched to trader language and repeated the insult in words she could
    understand.
    That wasn’t any worker; in fact, he wasn’t even of the same race. “Oh my Gods, he’s an
    off-worlder. Pimina, we have to get him out of here! If the regulators find out—”
    Pimina snapped, “Breaker, attend!”
    The words of training sliced through her panic, and she sank to her knees with her palms
    turned up on her thighs. Legs pressed tightly together, she lifted her shoulders with a smooth
    indrawn breath and released a great deal of tension with her exhale. Hundreds of hours spent
    meditating in this pose did their job and helped her focus past her emotions.
    “Better?” Pimina asked with a small smirk.
    “Yes. Please forgive me for my unworthy display of panic.”
    Holding out her hand, Pimina helped Melania to her feet and said in a gentle tone,
    “Forgiven.”
    Melania leaned so close to the viewing screen, her breath fogged the glass. She stared at
    him in equal horror and fascination. “What is he doing here?”
    “His name is Prince Devnar, and Lady Grenba captured him when he tried to raid her
    ship.” Pimina waved her next question away. “That’s not important. You are to train him and
    teach him the ways of the concubine.”
    “What? It is forbidden to train an off-worlder!” Most of the men and women who came
    through their pleasure house for training were willing volunteers, eager to earn the title of
    concubine and live the rest of their lives in comfort as beloved and treasured companions of their
    Master or Mistress.
    A woman of her race was lucky to bear even one child in her lifetime. The royal houses
    married for power but chose their concubine for love. To sully the royal line with an off-worlder
    was treason, and the regulators would punish anyone who broke the law. Shaking her head,
    Melania backed away from the glass. “Pimina, we can be executed for smuggling him onto our
    world. Even if Lady Grenba brought him here.” Her voice rose to a hysterical pitch. “This must

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    be a trap; she must be trying to set us up. The regulators could be on their way here right now
    to—”
    Pimina’s long fingers tapped the viewing screen and called up his file. Melania gasped as
    the glittering crest of the empress shone before them, and Melania automatically dropped to her
    knees. Pimina’s voice came out in a strained whisper. “His training is a royal decree.”
    Pimina opened his file on the viewing window, and Melania rose on shaky feet to read
    over the information. Everything in her own training told her instructing an off-worlder on how
    to be a concubine was wrong, blasphemy even. Regulations were very clear and strict on the sin
    of allowing any off-worlder onto Kyrimian soil.
    The royal seal shimmered on the viewing glass, reminding her of the ancient videos of
    insects called fireflies that once inhabited their world before the Burning Times. Following the
    pattern of sparkles, she quickly came to a decision. If the empress had ordered it, she had less
    than no choice. Everyone knew even the regulators didn’t dare go against the will of the empress,
    let alone a lowly breaker.
    Pimina said in a dry voice, “His